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29936

14,989 Population
231.8 square miles 64.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 47.7 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$26,800 ±$2,605 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $51,125 ±$1,611
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$48,986 ±$8,345 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $83,304 ±$2,752
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

21% ±4.4% (2,847  ±644) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 10.8% 23,584 (±1% / ±2,154)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

29.2 minutes ±1.8 (177,120  ±22,005) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 24.3 2,164,340 (±0.8 / ±82,604)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

5,801 ±522 Number of households
  • the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 95,451 ±1,082
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.4 ±0.3 (13,726  ±1,192) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 2.3 219,029 (±0 / ±198)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

6.8% ±3% (254  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 5.3% † 2,276 (±1.1% / ±462)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

6,566 ±540 Number of housing units
  • the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 117,935 ±113
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$216,800 ±$31,636 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $439,500 ±$9,505
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

11% ±2.5% (1,631  ±394.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 14.1% 31,833 (±1.1% / ±2,402.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

89.8% ±5.3% (9,167  ±905.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 94.2% 156,414 (±2% / ±3,356.6)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
15.8% ±3.1% (1,611  ±344.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 43.1% 71,640 (±1.3% / ±2,113.1)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.6% ±2.5% (1,441  ±392) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 8.2% 18,721
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

8% ±2.5% (947  ±309) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 10.5% 18,720 (±0.6% / ±1,125)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
947 Total veterans ±309 913 Male ±305 34 Female ±41

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